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Finally I picked up the sigma 50mm lens. I had a choice between this and the canon 1.4 50mm but I choose the sigma. Why? because of the sharpness of the images that this lens produces especially when shooting video. I love the bokeh effect this lens produces and I have to say the lens hood that comes with it is quite nice to. 🙂

At CES this week Griffin has unveiled a number of new devices which have been added to its range of accessories and docks. One new dock device is the Griffin StudioConnect, which allows you to connect an iPad to other sources using audio in/out, MIDI in/out, and a stereo headphone jack connection.

The StudioConnect mono 1/4″ instrument jack enables you to plug your guitar to StudioConnect and play directly into GarageBand or other apps. Left and right channel RCA plugs give you line-level stereo audio-out, and for your headphone there’s a separate front-panel 3.5 mm stereo jack with its own volume knob.

JVC has unveiled its new 4k camcorder at CES this week, which is the worlds first handheld 4k camcorder of its kind. The new JVC GY-HMQ10, offers a massive 3840 x 2160 resolution for footage.

The new JVC GY-HMQ10 s powered by HVC’s Falconbrid large-scale integration (LSI) chip and has a half inch CMOS imager with 8.3 million active pixels, and is expected to be priced around £4340 or $6700 when it starts shipping in March to the UK.

Being a sport version of their Bloggie range the new camcorder is more rugged and is shockproof, rustproof and waterproof. On the rear of the Bloggie Sport is a small 2.7 inch LCD touchscreen, which can even be operated whilst underwater.

The Sony MHS-TS22 Bloggie Sport HD is available in three colours : black,blue and red and will be priced at $180.

The rumors are pointing to Sony getting ready to offer up new details at the show on the next generation PlayStation. At the same time, Microsoft is tipped to be talking about the next Xbox as well. Neither firm is expected to do much more than tease though.

We already know about the Wii U, but Nintendo is expected to talk price and launch date at the show. I suspect the Wii U might come in at the $500 range. I have a feeling that premium next gen consoles will be expensive.

Fujifilm has announced a variety of new cameras to its range today ahead of them being showcased and CES next week. Two of these are the Fujifilm XP150 and XP100 rugged waterproof compact cameras.

Both have been designed with a rugged case and rubberised finish to protected them against hostile environments. Allowing them to be used in up to 10m of water, as well s being shockproof from drops upto 2m, dust/sand proof and freezeproof to –10°C.